£250k Cash Boost For Community Groups

Grants totalling over a quarter-of-a-million pounds have been awarded to community groups across Harborough.

The cash is the latest to be handed out by Harborough District Council through its £1m Community Grant Fund.

The grants will support a range of projects aimed at improving local services, enhancing well-being, strengthening community engagement and creating a sustainable environment.

Cllr Phil Knowles, leader of the council, is delighted with the latest allocations and told HFM there is still funding up grabs, with groups in Market Harborough in particular urged to apply for a share of it:

The full list of groups to benefit:

Bitteswell Village Hall – £5,000 to improve the building and its facilities, particularly for disabled people

Kibworth Harcourt Parish Council – £9,995 to improve and secure the playground on Polwell Road

Kibworth Beauchamp Parish Council – £26,678 to replace and extend the access footpath to Smeeton Road Recreation Ground

The Well, Kibworth – £7,359 to upgrade the cafe kitchen

1st Lutterworth Scouts Group – £50,529 to replace the Scout Hut roof

Lutterworth Town Council – £60,000 to replace play equipment at Crescent Road recreation ground.

Lutterworth Town Council – £39,471 to transform the Pavillion community space

St Nicholas Church Parochial Church Council, Fleckney – £15,300 to replace the church hall’s roof

1st Fleckney Scouts Group – £8,328 to construct a storage area and purchase new equipment

Tilton & District Sports Club – £4,800 to replace old and defective floodlights with modern LED lights

Tilton & Halstead Parish Council £5,200 to install a mobile vehicle activated sign /speed indicator sign on Oakham Road, Halstead

Dunton Bassett Village Hall – £3,500 to improve and update the men’s toilets

Medbourne Education Foundation – £6,816 to replace playground equipment on the village playing fields

Medbourne Parish Council – £3,184 to replace 19 street lights with new energy efficient LED lanterns and part-night timers

Husbands Bosworth Parish Council – £2,800 to install Local History Art Frieze in the newly developed Millenium Pavilion

Foxton Parish Council – £10,000 to purchase a new surface for overlay onto two existing asphalt tennis courts as a multi-sport, all-weather facility.

Houghton Field Association – £8,176 to extend the footpath linking car park to existing Jubilee walkway on Houghton Field recreation ground

Scraptoft Parish Council – £9,436 to install a green security mesh fence around Mount Woodland

Little Bowden Bowling Club – £2,978 to replace old light fittings to enable use of sustainable LED lights